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The 1998 CavOILcade coronation, beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Port Arthur Civic Center, will feature 47 princesses who will vie for scholarship monies from various area sponsors.Throughout the season princesses have attended a mother and daughter tea at First Bank Trust, a father and daughter picnic at the Pleasure Island Commission office and a portrait showing at the Port Arthur Club. The 1998 CavOILcade princesses are:Wendy Nicole Avila, daughter of Christopher and Betty Avila, will represent Peggy Nash’s Insurance Agency as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Avila attends Lincoln High School where her activities include the National Honor Society, Youth in Government and AKA Debettes. She chairs the special events committee of the senior class.Her community activities include visiting nursing homes, volunteering at Port Arthur Day Care, serving food at church banquets for the elderly and Christian Youth Organization.Avila plans to attend Lamar University at Port Arthur and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston to study physical therapy*Jennifer Bean, daughter of Gorden and Denise Bean, will represent Darby Gas Oil Co. as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Bean attends Thomas Jefferson High School where her activities include Maroon and Gold Band. She is head twirler and part of the Good Sportsman League.She is a member of St. Catherine Catholic Youth Organization and Teen Krewe of Aurora and attends Colleen’s Twirling Academy.Bean plans to attend Lamar University.Angela Rochelle Blood, daughter of Tammie and Kirk Blood, will represent Berg’s Engine Service as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Blood attends Sabine Pass High School where her activities include cheerleading, student council, National Honor Society, band, SpanishClub, drama club, volleyball, basketball, tennis, track and the Leo Club. She is the class president.She is a volunteer at St. Paul Church and with Dick Dowling Lions, in Teen Krewe of Aurora and Catholic Youth Organization.Blood plans to study accounting at Lamar University at Beaumont.Leslie Suzanne Breaux, daughter of Joe and Suzanne Breaux, will represent the Port Arthur Club as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Breaux attends Nederland High School where her activities include National Honor Society, student council, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Health Occupations Students of America, Terrific Nederland Teens, German Club and varsity soccer.Her community activities include volunteering at the Special Adults’ Basketball Tournament, babysitting at church and informing children about drug and alcohol abuse. She is a member of First United Methodist Church.Breaux is considering study in the medical field.Connie Brett, daughter of Don-nis and Aldora Brett, will represent St. Mary Hospital Auxiliary as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Brett attends Thomas Jefferson High School where she is Swang-ster coordinator, plays the clarinet, is band vice president, on the varsity golf team, in Students Against Drunk Driving and the Good Sportsmanship League and in Health Occupation Students of America.Brett plans to attend the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston to study child psychology-Kristen Lee Brown, daughter of Jackie and Lisa Brown, will represent Port Arthur Sertoma Club as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Brown attends Port Neches-Groves High School where her activities include serving as NationalAVILABEANBLOODBREAUXBRETTBROWNCANIZALESDEMENTDOMASCHKDRAGODUBUISSONGETERGETWOODGUIDRYGUNNERHALLIBURTONHEBERTHIGGINSJOFFRIONLEE, K.LEE, S.LEMAIRELOFTINMASSAQUOINEALNEWTONNGUYENOLTREMARIPALMERRAVEYROBBINSROMANSEAUXSHEPPARDSINEGALSWANSONTHORNTONTIMMINSTRAHANTRIMBLETULLISTURNERUNDERWOODWARNERWESTWILSONWRIGHTHonor Society secretary, student council representative, volunteer secretary, Students Helping Other Uninformed Teens secretary. She is a twirler and is in Indian Band, the Spanish Club, First Priority and Health Occupations Students of America. She is junior class reporter and earned a Rotary Youth Leadership award.She is a St. Peter Catholic Youth Organization member and involved with Adopt-a-Grandparent at Oak Grove Nursing Home and Tugboat Island construction.Brown plans to attend Lamar University at Beaumont to study nursing.Nina Marie Canizales, daughter of Johnnie and Diana Canizales, will represent the North Port Arthur Lions Club as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Canizales attends Nederland High School where she has been in the athletic program since her freshman year. She has played volleyball , basketball and softball. She is a former vice president of theHealth Occupation Students ofAmerica; this year she will be on the social committee. She will work half a day at Mid-Jefferson Hospital.Canizales has worked at blooddrives, passed out ribbons for drug abuse awareness and volunteered as a hospital worker.She plans to attend Lamar University at Beaumont to study physical therapy.Mindy Kay Dement, daughter of Jovita and Mark Dement, willrepresent The Lakeview Lions as a1998 CavOILcade princess.Dement attends Thomas Jefferson High School where her activities include Academic Decathlon, Youth and Government and soccer. She is the National Honor Society president and student body representative and a student in Varied Experiences for the Gifted in Academics. She is enrolled in Summit III and is a “Who’s Who Among American High School Students” multiple award recipient. She served as a People to People ambassador to Australia and New Zealand and was a Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership ambassador.She is president of the St. Joseph Catholic Youth Organization and a Mexican Heritage Society dancer.Dement plans to attend the University of Texas at Austin and study biology.Heather Lynn Domaschk,daughter of Mark and Laura Domaschk, will represent Novrozsky’sas a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Domaschk attends NederlandHigh School where her activities have included marketing education. She maintains an A-B average while working at Novrozsky’s. She is in the Co-op Program, Distributive Education Clubs of Americaand Health Occupations Students ofAmerica.She has participated in food drives for the homeless and visited nursing homes. She has a special interest in senior citizens and is in Continuing Christian Developmentat her church.Domaschk plans to attend Lamar University at Beaumont to study nursing.Andrea Lauren Drago, daughter of Debbie and Philip Drago Jr., will represent the American-Ital-ian Cultural Club as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.She attends Port Neches-Groves High School where her activities include the Spanish Club, Pow Wow and War Whoop publications and volunteering with student council. She is secretary of the In-dianettes.She is in the Catholic Youth Organization at St. Elizabeth Church and is a volunteer for Children’s Miracle Network Telethon andPleasure Island Music Festival.Drago plans to attend TexasChristian University in Fort Worth or Texas AM at College Station to study business.Tara Brook Dubuisson,daughter of Connie Dubuisson and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dubuisson, will represent Quota Club as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.She attends Port Neches-Groves High School where her activities have included National Honor Society, peer tutoring, Key Club, drama club, the War Whoop publication, Students Helping Other Uninformed Teens and First Priority, She is an Indianette lieutenant and a student council volunteer.Dubuisson is active at First Baptist Church in Groves, is a 14-year dance student with Taylor Dance Studio and has participated in community benefits through Key Club including the Adopt-a-Grandparent program at Oak Grove Nursing Home.She plans to study elementary education at Lamar University atBeaumont.Mia Geter, daughter of SandraMearlon Geter, will represent More to Love Boutique as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Geter attends Lincoln HighSchool where her activities include Future Teachers of America, Future Homemakers of America, Media Technology, National Honor Society, marching and symphonicband and the Spanish Club. A flag corps first lieutenant, she is listed in“Who’s Who Among American High School Students” and is a 1998 Minority Scholars Participant.Geter is a member of Rock Is-land Baptist Church, Business and Professional Women’s Youth Group and Delta Sigma Theta and volunteers services with Save Our Sons and Save Our Sisters. She is anEnglish as a Second Language instructor at Trinity Lutheran Church.She plans to attend Clark Uni-versity in Atlanta to study veterinary medicine.Jeannea Danielle Getwood, daughter of Yolonda and Melvin Getwood, will represent the PortArthur Kiwanis Club as a 1998CavOILcade princess.Getwood attends Lincoln High School where her activities include Kiwanis Key Club, Future Teachers of America and Business Professionals of America.She is active with Top Teens of America, Delta Sigma Theta’s Del-sprite Organization, Knights of Columbus Junior Daughter Auxiliary Court No. 32 and CatholicYouth Organization.Getwood plans to attend Huston-Tillotson College in Austin or Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Ala., to study education and computer science.Kimberly Nicole Guidry,daughter of Burton Guidry and Kathy Guidry, will represent the Port Arthur Little Theatre as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Guidry attends Port Neches-Groves High School where her activities include choir, Future Teachers of America and photojournalism.She is a youth member at First Baptist Church in Groves andworks with children in Bible schoolGuidry plans to attend Lamar University at Port Arthur. She isundecided as to a major.Susan Gunner, daughter of Shizue and Donald Gunner, will represent The Sportsman’s Club as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Gunner attends Lincoln High School where her activities include varsity cheerleading, student council, Future Teachers of America, honor society and track and field cross-country. The Summit III student is a member of Vocational Industrial Clubs of America.She is president of Delsprites and is a Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce junior board member.Gunner plans to attend University of Houston to study business.Kelli Halliburton, daughter of Tom and Donna Halliburton, will represent the Port Arthur News as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Halliburton attends Thomas Jefferson High School where her activities have included symphonic band, jazz band, University Interscholastic League solo and ensemble contest, UIL concert contest, Citizen Bee and the National Honor Society. She is a captain of the Swingsters and is on the drama team.She has sung carols at a nursing home with the National Honor Society, volunteered to help teachers during tests, helped with bake sales, cleaned a school courtyard, is in Catholic Youth Organization at St. Catherine Church, has given gifts at the children’s ward of St Mary Hospital, been a big buddy for a junior high spectacular and furnished supplies for prisoners.Halliburton is still deciding on college plans.Amy Lynn Hebert, daughter of Mervin and Tonya Hebert, will represent North Port Arthur Rotary as a 1998 CavOILcade princess.Hebert attends Thomas Jefferson High School where her activities have included drill team, band, golf, student congress, Good Sportsmanship League and Students Against Drunk Driving. She wasSee CAVOILCADE, page 32K Port Arthur News Sunday, October 18,1998
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